'IRGC adviser says prolonging war could serve Iran’s deterrence strategy - PBS'

 

Mohammad Reza Naqdi, senior adviser to the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, said Iran could prolong the war until the next US presidential term as part of an effort to impose costs and deter future attacks, in an interview with PBS NewsHour correspondent Reza Sayah in Tehran.

“One way is to prolong this war until we get to the next term of the presidency and cause attrition, so that if anyone else wants to attack Iran, they will know there is a cost,” Naqdi said.

Asked how many missiles Iran had left in its stockpile, Naqdi said, “The number of missiles we manufacture every day is more than the number we launch. In a country this vast, we can make them wherever we want.”

Naqdi said Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had not appeared publicly during the war for security reasons. Asked whether he had seen Khamenei, he replied: “Let’s leave this matter alone.”

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